Ancient Greek

τρέπω

‘turn, divert, turn back, rout an enemy’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek τρέπω.

29 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek τρέπω, most familiar first.

• trophy ← trophée ← trophaeum ← τρόπαιον ← τροπαῖος
• trope ← tropus ← τρόπος
• tropic ← tropicus ← τροπικός ← τροπή
• troubadour ← trobar ← *tropāre ← tropus ← τρόπος
• contrive ← contreve ← controver ← trover ← *tropāre
• tropism ← tropus ← τρόπος
• corticotropin ← τροπῐκός ← τροπή
• inotropic ← τρόπος
• trover ← *tropāre ← tropus ← τρόπος
• thyrotropin ← τροπῐκός ← τροπή
• esotropia ← τρόπος
• entropion

More words from τρέπω

• somatotropin
• exotropia
• anatreptic
• epitrope
• pantropy
• protreptic
• thyrotrophic
• thyrotrope
• thyrotropic
• trouvaille
• trouvère
• trouveur
• trophæal
• tropæum
• trepopnea
• tropaion
• tropery

Etymograph / Ancient Greek τρέπω